Method for estimating leaf water use efficiency by coupling deep learning with physical mechanism
By combining deep learning with physical mechanisms, a predictive model for carbon dioxide concentration inside leaves was constructed, which solved the problems of accuracy and continuity in estimating leaf water use efficiency and enabled the optimization of water consumption for precision irrigation of farmland and municipal greening.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- NANKAI UNIV
- Filing Date
- 2023-08-21
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-03
AI Technical Summary
Existing technologies struggle to accurately and continuously measure and estimate carbon dioxide concentrations within leaves, leading to significant uncertainty in estimates of leaf water use efficiency. Furthermore, deep learning models fail to reveal the physical mechanisms involved, thus hindering effective guidance for ecosystem management.
A method combining deep learning and physical mechanisms was adopted to predict the carbon dioxide concentration inside leaves by constructing a deep neural network model. The model was optimized to improve the estimation accuracy by combining multiple factors such as meteorology, soil, and vegetation, and utilizing multi-source remote sensing data and observation station data.
It enables continuous and high-precision estimation of leaf water use efficiency, reveals the physical mechanisms of influencing factors, and guides the optimization of water consumption for precision irrigation of farmland and municipal greening.
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